Privacy

…changes in the EU Privacy Directive. Personalize Privacy 1:1 Parisa Tabriz, head of Google Chrome’s security team and a White House symposium panelist, captured the human side of privacy in her remarks. “I want to emphasize the human component to this problem,” says Tabriz. “Privacy is so personal…

…Strengthening user confidence in privacy. Boosting the company’s public image in the wake of Cambridge Analytica data scandal. Blunting calls for new privacy regulation in Washington and in US states. Shutting down rivals’ critiques of Facebook’s privacy policies. Simplifying GDPR compliance…

…delete your account.” The company is also promoting its Privacy Checkup and will be introducing a new “privacy center,” which will centralize privacy controls in a single place online. Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg announced the new privacy center in Europe last week. [Read the full article on…

Data privacy issues are not just a problem for compliance with the upcoming General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Concerns about data privacy can also be bad for completing sales. That’s a key takeaway in a new report from Cisco, its “Privacy Maturity Benchmark Study.” As many as 65 percent of…

…outside their privacy policies.” Forrester points to IBM and Home Depot as two organizations with best-in-class privacy disclosures and tools. In contrast to the above, in an online survey of 1,500 US adults, messaging app Viber found that a majority aren’t highly concerned about privacy in the…

…Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg made the announcement at an event this week in Brussels. “We’re rolling out a new privacy center globally that will put the core privacy settings for Facebook in one place and make it much easier for people to manage their data,” Sandberg said. “Our apps have…

…become a focus of consumer privacy issues. Consumer Reports, for instance, reported this month about security vulnerabilities in Roku devices and Samsung smart TVs. To get ahead of the demand for consumer privacy, OTT data provider Tru Optik has initiated its own privacy effort, called OptOut.TV.…

Twitter announced changes to its terms of service (TOS) and privacy policy in a blog post Tuesday morning. The post, titled “Continuing Our Commitments to Privacy & Transparency,” comes in advance of the May 25, 2018, deadline for complying with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The…